Exciting news, readers! After four months of redundancy, I’m starting a new job on September 29th. And with exquisite timing, here comes the exquisite Admiral Tibet asking why it is that working men - in this case sugar cane cutters - cannot earn enough money to pay the rent or feed themselves. The track is very good at highlighting the issues - namely that there are some branches of work which haven’t advanced much beyond the days of slavery, and that full and fair redistribution of wealth is something which isn’t a priority of those who could do something about it.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t put forward much of a solution to these issues. There’s no call for revolution, just a plea for the brethren to keep their heads down and wait for Jah to lead the many to their just reward. We can only hope that Jah has a good accountant given the claims that could be made. But, they’re disappointingly wishy-washy sentiments in the face of the problem. Were it not for the beautiful way they’re delivered, I’d almost be tempted to write Tell Me Why off as an example of Centrist Dancehall, a genre where you enjoy the grooves and make no waves. But then isn’t that the case for most working people?
Video courtesy of steppkel.
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